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The epidemic situation in Switzerland is much worse than during the first wave, President Simonetta Sommaruga warned on Friday.
The Alpine country survived the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic with few infections, without quarantine, but in the second wave, more than a hundred die every day from an infection caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2.
The number of new infections is double that in Germany. Our situation is critical, the epidemic is spreading exponentially, hospitals are near the limit of their capacity
The Swiss head of state detailed. However, the restrictive measures adopted are much more lenient than those adopted in several European countries. The infection rate is one of the highest in Europe, while the health situation has never been so bad. About 5,000 new patients are reported every day, while only a few hundred were infected in the first wave, with a very high rate of positive cases among tests performed.
Under restrictive measures adopted by the government on Friday, restaurants and bars will only be open until 7 p.m. between December 12 and January 22. In cantons with a better epidemiological situation, such as the current cantons of Switzerland, the opening hours can be extended to 23 hours.
Health Minister Alain Berset told reporters. He added that shops, markets, museums and libraries, as well as sports facilities, must also be closed from seven in the afternoon. With the exception of worship, gatherings are prohibited and five people can attend sporting and cultural events at the same time. The government has not tightened restrictions on private events, so ten people, including children, can still attend family events. Ski resorts will not be closed, but Alain Berset in a press conference on Friday asked foreigners not to travel to Switzerland to ski. In Switzerland, 368,695 confirmed infections have been reported since the outbreak, with 5,824 deaths, of which 28,580 were infected and 643 died last week, according to a summary from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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